‘Since we’ve stopped flying rubber dog s**t out of Hong Kong for environmental reasons, you will likely never fly a Navy aircraft again,’ Tim Hibbetts, US Navy A-6E, F/A-18C pilot…
‘The real RIO was Lt. David J. “Goose” Lortscher. His callsign Goose later became part of the movie,’ John Chesire, former US Navy F-14A Tomcat pilot. We are all familiar…
The odd photos in this post show an F-15 Eagle fighter jet carrying an AIM-54 Phoenix long-range air-to-air missile The Hughes AIM-54 Phoenix missile was the US Navy’s only long-range…
No doubt, ROEs favoured the USAF F-15C crews. However, this did not mean that the US Navy F-14s did not fly fighter sweeps, as widely claimed: they did While the…
It was later determined that the mishap was caused by one of the four cables was not set to the correct F-14 Tomcat weight Dave “Bio” Baranek enjoyed a successful…
The incredible photos in this post show an F-14 Tomcat (actually the F-14D BuNo. 164341) flying without canopy Advancements during the Cold War in Soviet long range patrol and bomber…
‘I have actually done a fly by of the tower at over 400 knots…and I have photos to prove it,’ Dave “Bio” Baranek, former F-14 Tomcat RIO Dave “Bio” Baranek…
While approaching for the second landing attempt, the Iraqi MiG-23 ran out of fuel, stalled and crashed only 200 metres short of the runway, killing its unlucky pilot The primary…
Taken during Operation Iraqi Freedom, the following amazing photograph of a GBU-12 heading for its target was taken by a TARPS-equipped VF-32 F-14B Tomcat Taken during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF),…
For most people, the Christmas holidays bring happy celebrations with family and friends. For military personnel, however, separation from loved ones is more difficult over the holidays. In 1997 VF-211…